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Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Does being the only superpower in the world mean the U.S. can act without regard for its allies? In her new book, The Superpower Myth, Clinton-administration foreign policy insider Nancy Soderberg details the limits she sees to military might and advises the Bush administration not to buy into their own press.

Shot in the Arm

Ceci Connolly Washington Post writer discusses the National Governors Association meeting and medicaid

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Human Wrongs

Fiona Doherty, Senior Counsel for Human Rights First (for U.S. Law and Security Program), on the group's lawsuit against a high-ranking US administration official over prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Nancy Soderberg, Vice President of the International Crisis Group, former senior Clinton official and ambassador to the U.N., author The Superpower Myth: The Use and Misuse of American Might (John Wiley & Sons, 2005), says US unilateralism will not bring peace to regional conflicts
» The International ...

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All for one

Antoine Faisal, publisher of Aramica Newspaper, a bi-weekly based in Bay Ridge serving the Arab-American community in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, on recent political events in Lebanon

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Courting Justice

Philip Carter, Attorney and Contributor to Slate Magazine
» Slate
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Stuart Taylor, Columnist with the National Journal, on the Supreme Court ruling barring juvenile death sentences and a ruling calling for Jose Padilla's charge or release
» National Journal

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All Dolled Up

Move over Barbie here comes Condi. Toy company Herobuilder has developed a
Condoleezza Rice doll. Do you think she comes with fashion accesories like stiletto boots? Other dolls available are Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean and George Bush.

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